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Hornbill The Voice of the Rain
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Voice of the Rain
QUESTIONS FROM TEXTBOOK SOLVED
A. Think it Out
Question 1:
There are two voices in the poem. Who do they belong to? Which lines indicate this?
Answer:
One of them belongs to the poet and the other to the rain. These are indicated in
lines 1-2 and 3-9 respectively.

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Question 2:
What does the phrase ‘strange to tell’ mean?
Answer:
The phrase refers to a strange phenomenon—the rain gives an answer to the poet’s query. It is surprising to
report the answer.

Question 3:
There is a parallel drawn between r« in and music. Which words indicate this? Explain the similarity between
the two.
Answer:
The following words/phrases indicate the parallel between rain and music: ‘Poem of Earth’, ‘eternal I rise
impalpable out of land and the bottomless sea’ ‘For song duly with love returns.’
Both originate from a source, rise up, reach fulfilment, wander about whether cared about or not and finally
return to source of origin with love.

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Question 4:
How is the cyclic movement of rein brought out in the poem?
Answer:
Rain water rises untouched out of the land and deep sea and gathers in the sky, where it changes form, and
then comes down to earth to bathe the dry tiny particles of dust layers and all that lies buried under it. Then
it returns to the place of its origin. Science textbooks indicate that water vapours from the rivers and ocean
rise up to the sky due to the intense heat. They assume the form of clouds and after condensation drop
down as rain. The water flows back through rivers to the seas and oceans.

Question 5:
Why are the last two lines put within brackets?
Answer:
The last two lines contain a comment about music and its cycle. These differ from the first nine lines. The
first two lines are the voice of the poet whereas lines three to nine are spoken by rain. The cycle of song is
put within brackets to mark the difference in speakers but similarity in content.
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Question 6:
List the pairs of opposites found in the poem. Directions Website
Answer:
rise-descend; day-night; reck’d-unreck’d

B. Notice the sentence pattern in the following:

Rewrite these sentences in prose.

1. And who art thou? said I to the soft-falling shower.

2. I am the Poem of Earth, said the voice of the rain.
3. Eternal I rise
4. For song duly with love returns.

Answer:

1. I said to the soft-falling shower, “Who are you?”

2. The voice of the rain said, “I am the poem of Earth.”
3. I rise eternally.
4. For song returns duly with love.

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A. Short Answer Type Questions
Question 1:
The poem begins in a conversational tone. Who are the two participants? What is the advantage of this
method?
Answer:
The two participants are the poet and the rain. The poet makes the rain relate its own story. This direct
presentation makes the narration more authentic, interesting and captivating.

Question 2:
“Behind the apparent simplicity, the poem hides a deep meaning.” What exactly does the poem convey to
the reader?
Answer:
The poem is not merely a description of life-cycle of rain. It has deeper meaning. Rain is a poem or thing of
beauty of Earth and so is song or music. The comparison between rain and music .and their function:
making the Earth pure and beautiful conveys the eternal role of natural phenomenon and art in real life.
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Question 3:
How does the rain justify its claim: “I am the Poem of Earth’”?
Answer:
The rain narrates the journey of its life—from birth to return to origin in mythical terms. The facts are
scientific but the phrases that convey them are metaphoric and literary. The whole journey has a beauty and
charm associated with a poem.

B. Long Answer Type Questions

Question 1:
How is the cyclic movement of rain brought out in the poem “The Voice of the Rain”? What points of
similarity do you notice between rain and music?
Answer:
The rain calls itself the poem of earth. It is everlasting and perpetual. It is something that cannot be
touched. It originates from the land and the deep sea. Then it rises upward to heaven where it changes its
form into a cloud, yet remains the same in quality. From the sky it pours down on earth to wash the dry tiny
particles and dust layers of the earth. The rain helps the unborn seeds to sprout. These seeds lay hidden
and unborn under the layers of earth. Rain gives back life to its origin making it pure and beautiful. Rain and
music are both beautiful and life-giving. They are eternal sources of joy and go on perpetually. They inspire
even dormant objects and persons with life and activity.

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